Q: I need help with sound proofing. Noise from the main level travels to rooms in the basement. What can I do to the ceiling in the basement to soundproof the downstairs rooms? I am thinking I might ...

Finishing a basement is an ideal way to expand your living space without expanding your house. Since your basement already has the basics of a room in place - walls, floor, ceiling - it doesn't take a ...

NEW YORK --Last year, when my wife and I had to beg permission from our co-op board in Jackson Heights, Queens, to swap our one-bedroom apartment for a two-bedroom unit, only one thing stood between ...

The soundproofing foam covering the ceiling of a Swiss ski resort bar that went up in flames on New Year's Eve, killing 40 ...